Hydrophis spiralis Yellow sea snake, Narrow-banded Sea Snake, Blotch-backed Giant Sea Snake

Hydrophis spiralis is commonly referred to as Yellow sea snake, Narrow-banded Sea Snake, Blotch-backed Giant Sea Snake. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic.

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lexID:: 9581
AphiaID:: 344074

Scientific:: Hydrophis spiralis
German:: Gelbe Seeschlange
English:: Yellow Sea Snake, Narrow-banded Sea Snake, Blotch-backed Giant Sea Snake

Category:: Gady

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Reptilia (Class) > Squamata (Order) > Elapidae (Family) > Hydrophis (Genus) > spiralis (Species)
Initial determination:: (Shaw, ), 1802

Occurrence:: Kuwait, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arabian Sea, Bahrain, China, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Quatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, the Mediterranean Sea, Western Pacific Ocean
Sea depth:: Meter
Habitats:: Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 51.18" - 1.02" (130cm - 2.6cm)
Temperature:: °F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Fish (little fishes), Predatory
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

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